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"Delaney, mad with alcohol, bursting with remembered insult, bent on evil, reckless of results."

Adam Smith The Theory of Moral Sentiments, argued that human conscience comes from social relationships, and the natural empathy produced by human concisenes comes from social relationships, and the natural empathy produced by being among other people is an essential part of well-being and should guide our actions

"the problem is that electric cars are popular precisely because they provide an excuse to avoid doing harder things, like rebuilding our cities, or changing the habits of lifetimes."

Chapter 1 is decarbonizing transportation and not a single mention of bicycles. Or even e-bikes!

"infrastructure is safer and more effective at producing orderly behavior than traffic enforcement

It's refreshing to read about the big scale problems with big scale solutions. That dimming light bulb you put in the foyer isn't going to cull the tide. No holding back, this book tackles the big problem and the big society wide changes that will be needed to change course.

"Everything I'm told by an adult contradicts something I'm told by another."

"Christopher Lasch argued that in times of trouble everyday life tends to become an exercise of 'psychic survival' - one in which people, confronted with an unstable, risky, and unpredictable environment, resort to a sort of emotional retreat from any commitment other than their psychic self improvement and personal well being ."

First chapter discusses an experiment they tired with beer and running. The author goes over the issues with her test (small sample size, etc.) and that this is common in sports medicine experiments. Off to a good start.

A giant clam fossil 5' 10'' long!

, in 1907, Congress banned corporations from making campaign contributions

A full day with Ignatius is a bit much for anyone I reckon.